Factors that influence treatment decision in older patients with resectable head and neck cancer

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 835-840

  Sanabria, Alvaro ^a,b   Carvalho, André Lopes ^a   Vartanian, José Guilherme ^a   Magrin, José ^a   Ikeda, Mauro Kasuo ^a   Kowalski, Luiz Paulo ^a  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Aged; Head and neck neoplasms; Prognosis; Survival rate; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34247863794     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e3180337827     Document Type: Article

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